Book Review: Nihon no meitō (3 volumes) by Yoshihiko Sasama

Book Review: Nihon no meitō (3 volumes) by Yoshihiko SasamaTitle: Nihon no meitō (3 volumes)
Author: Yoshihiko Sasama
Publisher: Yūzankaku, 1972
ISBN: None
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Few color pictures, many black and white pictures
Other: 335, 351, 355 pages, 26.5 cm by 19 cm, hardcover, limited to 1500
Topics: Kabuto, Menpō
ID: B0010

In these three books (limited to 1500), Sasama focuses on Japanese helmets, and this time he relies on many pictures, in line with his Nihon katchū meihinshū. In some cases a few views of one helmet are even available. Some helmets are famous, but many you will find probably nowhere else. They are also know as the “blue books”. In many places you will find the alternative reading: Nihon no meikabuto.